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Strip Gripper for an Agricultural Baler

Active Publication Date: 2017-01-26
BLUE LEAF I P
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This patent text describes an agricultural baler that has a sealing assembly and a strap gripper that securely holds a strap and directs it towards the sealing assembly to form a strapped bale. The strap gripper has a pivot plate, guide wheel, and drive wheel that work together to hold the strap and direct it towards the sealing assembly. The technical effects of this invention include improved baling efficiency, reduced labor costs, and more secure and durable bales.

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Unfortunately, twine may be difficult to remove from the bale during subsequent processing operations.
In addition, the tensile strength of twine may be too low to effectively bind compressed materials in certain applications.

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[0015]One or more specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below. In an effort to provide a concise description of these embodiments, all features of an actual implementation may not be described in the specification. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure.

[0016]When introducing elements of various embodiments of the present disclosure, the articles “a,”“an,”“the,” and “said” are intended to mean that th...

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward an agricultural baler including a sealing assembly positioned adjacent to a baling chamber. The sealing assembly is configured to receive a strap and to seal the strap into a loop around compressible material within the baling chamber to form a strapped bale. The agricultural baler also includes a strap gripper positioned adjacent to the sealing assembly. In some embodiments, the strap gripper includes a pivot plate, a guide wheel rotatably coupled to the pivot plate, and a drive wheel. The pivot plate is biased to rotate about an axis in a first direction to urge the guide wheel toward the drive wheel, and the drive wheel and the guide wheel are configured to receive the strap after the strap is looped around the compressible material, to block movement of the strap away from the sealing assembly, and to drive the strap toward the sealing assembly.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority from and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 973,049, entitled “STRAP GRIPPER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL BALER,” filed Mar. 31, 2014, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND[0002]The present invention relates generally to the field of packaging compressible agricultural materials, and more particularly, to a system for strapping bales of crop materials.[0003]Generally, rectangular or square balers are utilized to compress certain materials into rectangular bales to facilitate storage and handling of the material. Usually, the material is compressed within a baling chamber until the material forms a bale of a desired size. Such balers typically include a mechanism for wrapping and knotting twine around the material to maintain the compressed shape of the bale. Unfortunately, twine may be difficult to remove from the bale during subsequent processing operations. In ad...

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IPC IPC(8): A01F15/12B65B13/18B65B13/02A01F15/14B65B27/12
CPCA01F15/12A01F15/14A01F15/042B65B13/02B65B13/187B65B27/12B65B13/32
Inventor RIZZON, DOMINICK BRIANLOUNDER, JOSHUA LEECRANDALL, ROBERT D.O'DONNELL, SHAUN AHRENS
Owner BLUE LEAF I P